Interesting article on Tilt by an ESPN writer

[Voltron87]

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Last week: lost $193 playing online.


Online total: minus $4,743.


Career-to-date: plus $14,246

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I want to see some Pokertracker screenshots.

[James282]

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i cant believe this guy plays poker for money and doesnt know what is being signaled by the other players when the cop busts out. im pretty sure that the show is trying to say that the matador knows that the guy has a set, and what is being signaled by the other players is how many outs to a boat he had. i dont think that columnest guy realized that the set of 2s still had outs. even tho they say this later in the show.

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yeah because chip signaling and subtly colluding in high stakes poker is a big part of the average poker game.
-James

[yoadrians]

I read 'Jackpot Jay' every week. I agree with the majority of posters here: He seems to be over his head ... especially online ... and just isn't that great of a player.

But here's why I read him every week: The guy has flat-out done amazing things in his life. Seriously, he was the editor of 'Life' magazine and has had an amazing stint as an editor and writer in the journalism industry. And I think it's pretty cool that he would take his book advance and dedicate one year of his successful life to play poker as a 'pro', as he calls it.

He might not be the best player ... far from it. But while I haven't learned ONE THING about how to become a better poker player by reading him, I'll keep reading him for the same reason I'll watch every episode of 'Tilt' ...

Because it's about poker. And I love poker.

[sdplayerb]

i hope i do, considering i am a fellow bruin.
protagonist is the leading person in the story..usually the good guy (tony soprano is probably the exception to this).
the team plus their leader are the protagonists.

[iMsoLucky0]

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Madsen is probably best-known for his role in Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs," in which he plays the guy who cuts off the young cop's ear and then soaks him in gasoline, preparatory to burning the terrified cop alive. In many ways, that role was the perfect preparation for playing The Matador.

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Yeah.... right.

Playing The Matador has to be a huge step down for Madsen.

[top6]

I think the problem is that he's not much of a poker player, yet all he writes about are poker hands and how he played them - plus bad beats. It would be interesting if he would write more about the people he interacts with - and reading about him sitting by himself playing online poker is too depressing to think about. There must be about 50 people in any casino who are fascinating enough to have a column written about them - I just wish he would focus on that.

[Harkness]

Technically, the protagonist is the prinicipal character whose story we follow.

He or she doesn't have to be a good person.